[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s7.11 # The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s7.11 The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s7.11 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.11) 11. For a critique of current explanations of sacrifice, see J. van Baal, "Offering, Sacrifice, and Gift," \*Numen\* 23 (1976): 161–78. Van Baal stresses the communicative function of sacrifice. - [Previous: c19.s7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.10) - [Next: c19.s7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.12) - [Up: c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.11) · Pramāṇa